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Uropeltis is a genus of snakes, often generally called "Shieldtail snakes" (family Uropeltidae) or "Indian Earth snakes." These snakes are found in south central Asia. Many species of this genus have also been classified under genus Silybura.
[edit] Species of Uropeltis
- Tinevelly Uropletis, U. arcticeps (Günther, 1875).
- Beddom's Uropletis, U. beddomii (Günther, 1862).
- Sirumallay's Uropletis, U. broughami (Beddome, 1878).
- Cuvier's Uropletis, Ceylon Earth Snake, Kerala Shieldtail, U. ceylanica (Cuvier, 1829).
- Dindigul Uropletis, U. dindigalensis (Beddome, 1877).
- Elliot's Uropleptis, U. ellioti (Gray, 1858).
- Günther's Earth Snake, U. liura (Günther 1875).
- Bonbay Earth Snake, U. macrolepis (Peters, 1862).
- Ponachi Uropletis, U. macrorhyncha (Beddome, 1877).
- Spotted Earth Snake, U. maculata (Beddome, 1878).
- Gray's Earth Snake, U. melanogaster (Gray, 1858).
- Myhendra Mountain Uropletis, Barred Shieldtail, U. myhendrae (Beddome, 1886).
- Cochin Shiedtail, U. nitida (Beddome, 1878).
- Nilgiri Uropletis, U. ocellata (Beddome, 1863).
- Shieldtail Earth Snake, Peters Shieldtail, U. petersi (Beddome, 1878).
- Phillips Earth Snake, U. phillipsi (Nicholls, 1929).
- Phipsons Shieldtail, U. phipsonii (Mason, 1888).
- Palni Shiledtail, U. pulneyensis (Beddome, 1863).
- Red-lined Shieldtail, Travancore Uropeltis U. rubrolineata (Günther, 1875).
- Red-spotted Shieldtail, U. rubromaculata (Beddome, 1867).
- U. ruhunae (Deraniyagala, 1954).
- Smith's Earth Snake, Violet Shieldtail, U. smithi (Gans, 1966).
- Palni Uropletis, Black-bellied Shieldtail, U. woodmasoni (Theobald, 1876).
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